Mozambique's National Electoral Commission (CNE) will notify municipalities of cases of political propaganda from the general elections of October 9 that have yet to be removed from public spaces, after the legal deadline for this purpose has expired.
"The CNE will notify the local councils of the fact, which is responsible for taking all measures to remove the materials," CNE spokesperson Paulo Cuinica told Lusa today.
A previous CNE resolution, to which Lusa had access today, based on electoral legislation, established, "with regard to graphic propaganda, the obligation to remove propaganda material, such as graphic inscriptions, inscriptions or paintings, within 90 days, counting from the end of the electoral campaign and propaganda", which was October 6.
"Therefore, the National Electoral Commission urges all political parties, coalitions of political parties and groups of citizens who are candidates to continue to remove the aforementioned materials by January 4, 2025, the last day of the legally established deadline", the resolution reads.
Despite this instruction, in general, electoral propaganda for the general elections of October 9 - presidential, legislative and provincial assemblies - continues to be displayed in public spaces throughout the country.
Paulo Cuinica recalled that electoral legislation establishes that "if there is a failure" to remove electoral propaganda, the CNE "will communicate the fact to the entities of the decentralized governing bodies of the province and district, as well as to the local authorities, for the due effects".
In addition to electing its presidential candidate, Daniel Chapo, and all of the country's provincial governors, the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) won the elections for the Mozambican parliament with an absolute majority, securing 171 seats, with the newcomer Podemos electing 43, dethroning Renamo as the opposition leader, according to the announcement of the results on 23 December by the president of the Constitutional Council (CC), Lúcia Ribeiro.
Frelimo maintains a parliamentary majority in the tenth legislature, with 171 seats (currently 184), which now has four parties represented, compared to the current three.
The Optimistic Party for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos), which until now was an extra-parliamentary party and supported the presidential candidacy of Venâncio Mondlane, came in second place, gaining the status of the main opposition party, with 43 seats.
According to the results announced by the CC, the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) lost its status as the largest opposition party, with 28 elected deputies, compared to the current 60.
In turn, the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) maintained its parliamentary representation, with eight deputies, two more than currently.
The inauguration of the 250 deputies to the Assembly of the Republic is scheduled for January 13 and precedes the inauguration of the new President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo, set for January 15, elected with 65.17% of the votes, succeeding Filipe Nyusi in office, according to the results announced by the CC.
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